A lot of songs are derivative of each other. Sometimes you need to take a departure from what you do to something that's slightly different in order to get inspiration.
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A lot of songs are derivative of each other.
When you are pushing yourself to not go back to the same well, you're gonna come up with something different, or you'll find songs that are different.
Writing songs is really about writing. It's not about necessarily focusing on one particular style or making it one particular thing.
The same song can have drastically different feels and personalities just by changing some minor things. A different drumbeat or some vocal overdub could completely transform the song.
Each song has its own secret that's different from another song, and each has its own life. Sometimes it has to be teased out, whereas other times it might come fast. There are no laws about songwriting or producing. It depends on what you're doing, not just who you're doing.
I've always written songs the same way. You learn different tricks - you learn craft, you learn structure, all that - as you go.
When you write songs, you can't really point out the exact thing you're inspired by. It's more a state or a mood or an atmosphere that you're trying to put into words.
As an artist, you never want to write the same song again, you always want to challenge yourself to writing in a different way.
Every song is different.
So it's not so much that I set out to do something different, it's just that the songs themselves require their own individual voice and attention.